Apr 2 Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (Florante at Laura), born in Barrio Panginay, Balagtas, Bulacan (d. 1862) Apr 5 Franz Pforr, German painter and cartoonist (Lukasbund), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1812) Apr 12 Johan Erik Nordblom, Swedish composer, born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 1848) Apr 14 David G. Burnet, interim president of the Republic of Texas, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1870) Apr 17 Joseph Gilbert Totten, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1864) 1787 Famous Birthdays by Year 1789